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OUR JUST TRANSITION TO A LOW-EMISSIONS ECONOMY

TARANAKI 2050DRAFT ROADMAP

MAY 2019

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1. Context ................................................................1

2. Our vision for 2050: a low-emissions economy like no other ........................................... 2

3. Next steps ........................................................... 4

4. The powerful process of co-design.......................... 5

5. Significant trends expected to impact the future ...... 8

6. How the change will impact on different parts of the region ........................................................ 8

7. The 12 transition topics ......................................... 9

8. Energy ................................................................10

9. Food and Fibre .................................................... 12

10. Tourism ..............................................................14

11. Māori Economy ....................................................16

Contents12. People and Talent ................................................18

13. Innovation and Research & Development (R&D) ...... 20

14. Infrastructure and Transport .................................22

15. Health and Well-being ........................................ 24

16. Arts .................................................................. 26

17. Environmental Sciences ...................................... 28

18. Regulatory ......................................................... 30

19. Metrics & Evaluation ............................................32

20. Youth workshop and creative challenge................. 34

21. Community workshop and survey ......................... 38

22. Acknowledgements ............................................ 40

23. Glossary ............................................................ 40

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Drivers A factor that initiates or supports an event to happen or develop

Emerging pathway A newly formed or prominent course of direction

E-vehicles An electric vehicle – uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion

Greenhouse gas emissions

Gases that absorb heat from Earth’s surface, warming the atmosphere and changing our climate. The primary greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone

Hero product A flagship tourism offering that a region becomes well known for and people travel to, as it can’t be experienced elsewhere.

Higher education Education at tertiary institutions or similar educational establishments, especially to degree level

Incubators Incubators support start-ups entering the beginning stages of building their company. The start-ups possess an idea to bring to the marketplace, but no business model and direction to transition from innovative idea to reality

Kaimoana Māori word for seafood or shellfish

Kaitiakitanga Māori word meaning guardianship

Manaakitanga Māori word for showing respect, generosity and care for others

Māori Economy In Taranaki 2050, this term has been used broadly to include ways to support Māori and iwi participation in the economy

Mātauranga Māori Māori word for the body of knowledge originating from Māori ancestors, including the Māori world view and perspectives, Māori creativity and cultural practices

New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS)

New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme requiring all sectors (excluding agriculture) to purchase and surrender emissions units (called New Zealand Units) in order to emit greenhouse gases

Papakāinga The Māori word for the original home, village, or communal Māori land

Pilot farm Where a new industrial or agricultural idea or venture is trialled on the land

Principles Fundamental values that serve as the foundation for a system of belief and help determine the rightfulness or wrongfulness of actions

Pūtea The Māori word for fund or finance

Roadmap A strategic, long-range plan intended to achieve a goal or desired outcome through setting guidelines and standards, and includes the major steps or milestones needed to reach it

Rohe The Māori word for a territory or area of interest

Rongoā Traditional Māori medicine

Taiao The Māori word for world, Earth, natural world, environment, nature, or country

Taonga Māori cultural treasures

Te whare tapa whā A Māori philosophy toward health, based on a holistic health and wellness model

The Paris Agreement The most recent global climate change agreement, signed by 195 parties. The agreement sets out a goal of limiting temperature rise to 2°C (with a second target of 1.5°C), through reaching net-zero emissions in the second half of this century

The region (boundary)

The region of Taranaki, consisting of the areas of New Plymouth District Council, Stratford District Council and South Taranaki District Council

Tikanga The Māori word for correct procedure or protocol

Values Important ideals or beliefs held by a person or group of people that help determine what is desirable or undesirable

Vision To plan or visualise for the future

Vocational education and training

Qualifications that have been developed with the specific goal of preparing students with skills for work, with a more practical focus

Whānau The Māori word for extended family grouping

Whenua The Māori word for land

Workshops A meeting of a group of people for the purpose of discussion or practical work on a specific subject in which the group share their knowledge or experience


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New Zealand, as a nation, is moving towards a low-emissions economy. In April 2018, the coalition Government announced it would grant new exploration permits only for onshore Taranaki and nowhere else. This decision has the potential for significant impact on the economies of both Taranaki and New Zealand if we do nothing. This is particularly true for Taranaki, given the energy sector represents 28% of the regional economic output¹.

The exploration decision is part of a much wider picture. The world has committed to taking action to lower greenhouse gas emissions. In 2016, New Zealand ratified the Paris Agreement and made international commitments to support the global response to the threat of climate change. Under this agreement, New Zealand needs to reduce emissions to 30% below 2005 levels by 2030.

The New Zealand Productivity Commission completed its final report on transitioning New Zealand to a low-emissions economy in April 2018. The Productivity Commission found that three particular shifts must happen for New Zealand to achieve its low-emissions goals:

• a transition from fossil fuels to electricity and other low-emission fuels across the economy;

• substantial afforestation; and

• changes to the structure and methods of agricultural production2.

In 2016, New Zealand’s two largest contributing sectors for emissions were agriculture and energy (including transport)³. These sectors are a key part of Taranaki’s economy, and while forestry has considerable growth potential, a significant transition to a low-emissions economy will be required.

The past shows us that the impact of large transitions, such as what we need to do to lower our emissions, can lead to a legacy of negative impacts for some. A just transition is about managing these effects to continue to build a fair and inclusive New Zealand. For Taranaki it means ensuring we keep what is great about our region. Co-creation with communities, iwi, local and central government, businesses, and workers is the cornerstone of the approach we are taking in Taranaki.

1.1 Tapuae Roa: our regional economic development strategyPrior to the inception of the Taranaki 2050 Roadmap project, Taranaki completed a comprehensive regional economic development strategy and accompanying action plan, Tapuae Roa: Make Way for Taranaki. This encompassed the views of iwi, business, central and local government.

Tapuae Roa identified four futures to be developed and strengthened over time, to diversify Taranaki’s economic base and cement its position as the powerhouse regional economy in New Zealand. The futures are:

• Energy

• Food

• Tourism

• Māori economy

Tapuae Roa could be described as a top-down planning exercise. The creation of the Taranaki 2050 Roadmap could be described as a bottom-up, transparent, inclusive exercise capturing new information from a far more diverse group of stakeholders within a changed economic context due to government policy amendments in relation to climate change.

While the Taranaki 2050 draft Roadmap is an ongoing piece of work yet to deliver a set of tangible, bankable initiatives, it is worth noting that many of the themes and emerging opportunities articulated by 2050 draft Roadmap workshop participants align well with Tapuae Roa. For example:

• its four futures;

• its focus on sustainability, diversification, science, and economics-based decision making;

• the desire for Taranaki to continue to attract investment and sustain a high quality of life for our people and a high-value economy; and

• the importance of underpinning the above with innovation, as well as investments geared towards ensuring the region continues to be a net contributor to New Zealand’s social and economic wealth.

1 Tapuae Roa: Make Way for Taranaki Strategy, August 2017, p. 522 The New Zealand Productivity Commission, Low-emissions economy: Final report, August 2018, p.23 The New Zealand Productivity Commission, Low-emissions economy: Final report, August 2018, p.30

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2. Our vision for 2050: a low-emissions economy like no otherOur vision for Taranaki in 2050 has been co-designed by the region. It considers not just how our economy will change, but all aspects of our lives.

This is the first step we have taken as a region in developing our transition plan to a low-emissions economy. It is the culmination of 29 workshops on 12 transition topics, plus surveys and community outreach, as well as a creative challenge and specialist workshops/engagement for youth. More than 14,000 people have viewed the introductory online video, and the process so far has engaged ideas from more than 1,000 people. The workshops mixed the diversity and talent of our region with specialist expertise from around the country.

In many ways, these themes reflected the Māori values of guardianship of people and our environment (similar to kaitiakitanga), the importance of community and caring (similar to manaakitanga), and the need for collective action in our move forwards (similar to kotahitanga). They also signified a focus on long-term outcomes that span generations.

2.1. SustainabilityThere was a strong recognition of the concept of sustainability – that we should meet the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This related not to just making a contribution to a low-emissions future, but also to how to reduce waste, enhance biodiversity and have cleaner rivers and oceans.

As part of this, there was a desire to maintain the elements of the lifestyle we value (e.g. artistic and cultural vibrancy, good quality services, ease of getting around, access to the environment), but make investments and use technology to reduce our environmental footprint. This included how we use transport, energy, water, and other resources.

There was also a desire to keep and grow meaningful, secure and well-paid jobs and our work/life balance, while reducing the impact of our economy on our environment. This included, over time, moving away from sectors reliant on the non-renewable use of natural resources. To achieve this we would need to use the talents and skills of our people, invest in using natural resources more efficiently and make use of existing infrastructure.

“A hub of green-energy tech and innovation from transport to education to agriculture and horticulture.” – Survey respondent

2.2. InclusivityThere was broad agreement that people want a modern and inclusive economy, where no one is left behind. There were a number of messages about reconciling our past, growing our cultural awareness and moving forward together as one region.

There was a desire to create enough meaningful, secure, and well-paid employment that anyone could live in Taranaki if they chose to. This included helping young people identify a future in Taranaki and making the most of the diverse people and talent in our region so that our skills and talent stay

Workshop themesThe people of Taranaki have a vision for 2050 that includes:

• a strong, sustainable environment;

• education options that move and flex with a changing world;

• attractive jobs;

• a similar lifestyle to the one we enjoy now;

• leading the way in sustainable, low-emissions energy; and

• a region that looks out for and cares for itself and its people.

Our vision for 2050 is centred on our understanding of our past. This is a past where we used hard work, ingenuity and our natural resources to become one of the wealthiest regions in the country. But it is also a past that includes pain and conflict, especially for the first people to live in Taranaki: Māori. The vision our community has created is about reconciling and moving forward as one, giving everyone a fair opportunity to participate in society and reach their potential. A central focus is also about moving to a more sustainable relationship between people and the environment.

While there were some divergent views for the future of Taranaki across participants, there were also many common themes. We can truly say that what unites us as a region is stronger than what divides us as a region. The main consistent themes were grouped into the areas below: sustainability, inclusivity and enterprise.


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here. A desire to raise living standards and strengthen rural communities was also identified.

In addition, people wanted vibrant cities and rural communities, with an engaging arts and cultural life, as well as affordable and healthy housing. Accessibility for all parts of the community was linked to this.

“A culturally inclusive, supportive community where all people are valued and encouraged towards their potential.” – Survey respondent

2.3. EnterpriseThe importance of diversifying our economy featured across the Roadmap engagement. There was a desire to be less reliant on commodities with an increased value-add economy, while retaining meaningful, secure, and well-paid jobs with a work/life balance where people have the means and money to enjoy the natural environment. This included taking advantage of social and technological trends, and excelling in commercialising people’s ideas, e.g. in technology, or high-value niche areas of food production or tourism. It also included attracting talented people to the region.

It was recognised that successful changes require investment, regulatory change, specialisation and in some cases, sufficient scale. Where specialisation is needed, linking industry and research together to commercialise opportunities was seen as crucial.

There was also recognition that as industries change, people will need to be supported through the transition to broaden their existing skills, or develop new skills and move into new careers. This requires having strong and contemporary education and training options to give relevant and flexible skill development. It also needs to link to financial support and seamless transition pathways into employment and to support mid-career changes for those affected by transitions during their careers.

“Sustaining and valuing the simplicity of a Taranaki lifestyle, while underpinning this with ideas born out of innovation, R&D, entrepreneurship, boldness, investment in schools, education, and talent.” – Survey respondent

2.4 Common emerging opportunities across the different topicsThere were some concepts and themes that commonly appeared across the co-design process:

• Ensuring the Māori world view and values are incorporated as we move forward: Through all workshops, there was an overwhelming desire for Māori values to be woven through our transition to a low-emissions economy – as a region adopting a multi-generational outlook to our economy, people, and the environment.

• Moving forward together: This process of creating a draft Roadmap for our region is about a deep partnership and collective action across Taranaki. No one group of people can create this change on their own. We need everyone

involved to help deliver our vision for 2050, and encourage others to join as well.

• Sustainable employment: Ensuring that companies support, and are supported to achieve, long-term employment that is well-paid, secure, healthy, and safe.

• Focus on vocational education, providing employment transition support and pathways: People are at the centre of the draft Roadmap – we need to have agile, flexible and local vocational skill development, alongside strong pathways and transition support, to help young people move into work and people to transition across jobs or careers as required.

• Education and behavioural change: Delivering the vision requires education and behavioural change across a wide range of areas – for example, improving energy efficiency, refining agricultural practices, reducing waste, embracing new ways of working and new technology, or diversifying land use.

• Supporting an innovation ecosystem that fosters collaboration and turns new ideas into enterprise: This needs to be underpinned by strong research capability, with ideas including a new energy development centre, and the presence of other research institutions, as well as the opportunity to leverage unique environmental science insights.

• Taking a broad view supported by depth of understanding: We need to recognise that successful transition considers the whole picture for people and their environment – cultural, physical, mental, and spiritual health, social factors and foundational determinants, such as access and housing. It takes into account income and lifestyle factors, as well as future opportunities for the children of today who will become the workers of 2050.

• Diversification: Supporting the regional economy to lower emissions and/or to extend and expand upon traditional areas, by helping to remove barriers and provide incentives.

• Networking and collaboration: Sharing inspiring success stories, ideas, and lessons learned across the region, New Zealand, and the world to produce a culture of excitement, growth, and innovation.

• Business confidence and investment: Having confidence in the unique aspects of our region, backing ourselves to succeed, and recognising significant change will require investment.

2.5. The draft RoadmapThe draft Roadmap follows. In preparing it, the Taranaki 2050 team would like to thank everyone who has been part of the process to date. Your contribution has made a real difference in defining our vision for Taranaki in 2050. We recognise your time commitment, but more importantly, your respect for the value of manaakitanga during the process. By showing respect, generosity, and care for others, you helped create an environment where people felt comfortable sharing diverse opinions. The next steps of the process are described on the following page. We hope you continue to be involved in this journey.

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3. Next stepsWe are now seeking feedback on this draft Roadmap. An action plan or plans will then be created to help move along the pathways identified towards our vision for 2050.

This draft Roadmap is, by nature, focused on Taranaki – it was developed by the region, for the region. But it is also outward focused, and this is a journey the rest of New Zealand will take with us. We welcome wider feedback at the national and international level.

3.1. Giving your feedbackThis draft Roadmap is the first step in an iterative co-design process. We want to know what you think. For example:

• Does our vision of a low-emissions sustainable economy like no other match the place where you want to live in 2050?

• What are your thoughts on how we could improve the vision of what Taranaki could look like in 2050?

• Have we got the balance right between sustainability, inclusivity and enterprise?

• Do you think the emerging opportunities identified will contribute the most to a successful transition?

• How can we ensure the voices and ideas of the region’s people are at the forefront as we transition our local economy?

Please provide your thoughts and feedback by 14 June 2019. You can provide this in a number of ways:

• use the interactive tool on the picture of the draft Roadmap at www.taranaki2050.org.nz;

• email [email protected]; or

• write to Taranaki 2050, Venture Taranaki, PO Box 670, New Plymouth, 4310.

3.2. What’s next?Following feedback, the Roadmap will be finalised in July 2019. A programme of work will then be developed.

The Roadmap implementation will need to take into consideration and help guide other plans and programmes. This includes:

• how the work under Taranaki’s current economic development strategy, Tapuae Roa: Make Way for Taranaki, best supports the vision and direction of the Taranaki 2050 Roadmap;

• other important regional documents, such as council planning documents and iwi environmental management plans;

• alignment with government work programmes and initiatives.

Our work here is also helping the Government inform how it could partner with other regions, sectors or communities planning for, and undergoing, transitions in the future.


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4. The powerful process of co-designThe following sections describe how the draft Roadmap was prepared.

4.1. IntroductionTaranaki could be significantly impacted by the move to a low-emissions economy. The transition must be carefully planned and managed, in order to retain the flourishing, vibrant and economic diversity we have today.

As a region, we need to determine our own destiny and set our own vision. We also need to look beyond traditional thinking and processes.

Rather than use a conventional approach – a small number of people developing a strategy, and then consulting on it – we started with a blank sheet of paper with no preconceived ideas. The people of Taranaki have created the content of the draft Roadmap through a co-design process. This approach has been demanding and thought-provoking. It has created a draft vision and pathway that we can say we truly own.

4.2. What is co-design?Co-design reflects a fundamental change to orthodox approaches. It enables a wide range of people to make a creative contribution in the formulation and solution of a problem. This approach builds and deepens collaboration between people who are affected by, or attempting to resolve, a particular challenge. The co-design process aims to incorporate all voices. A core belief of co-design is that diversity and inclusiveness builds strength. Trained facilitators provide ways for people to engage with each other, communicate, be creative, share insights and test out new ideas.

In order to generate this draft Roadmap, a Lead Group of 27 people from local business, iwi, community, unions, and local and central government was created to guide the co-design process. Their role was to be the custodians of the integrity and authenticity of the process. This included recruiting a wide range of participants, determining the methods of engagement, and the process used to translate ideas, principles, and values into a cohesive roadmap.

4.3. Defining the transition topicsThe Lead Group identified 12 transition topics important to our region. The selection of topics was informed by a range of analysis into sectors and enablers of our economy, as well as international research on factors impacting economic transformation.

These 12 topics were broken into six working groups and six exploration groups. Working groups ran over three sessions of three hours each. Exploration groups each ran for five hours over one session and explored topics important to our region.

Working group topics which can transform us to a low-emissions economy included:

• Energy

• Food and fibre

• Tourism

• Māori economy

• People and talent

• Innovation, research & development

Exploration group topics which support the achievement of a low-emissions economy included:

• Infrastructure and transport

• Health and well-being

• Arts

• Environmental sciences

• Regulatory

• Metrics and evaluation

4.4. The workshop processTo complete the co-design process, 23 workshops on 12 transition topics were held between February and April 2019. More than 700 people signed up to participate. The workshops were held in venues around the region, including New Plymouth, Hawera, Stratford, and at Aotea and Owae marae.

A broad range of people were invited, including specialists with expertise in different areas from around the country. The workshops were publicised, and all members of the community were welcome to attend. Local, trained facilitators helped blend specialist expertise with unique insights of the diversity of our region.

At the workshops, everyone followed a number of principles of working together – the kawa. The main principle of manaakitanga included showing respect, generosity and care for others, as well as actively listening to others and keeping an open mind as ideas were generated.

During the sessions, discussion topics included people’s vision for Taranaki, what is unique about Taranaki, the major challenges ahead and what we need to do to move forward.


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4.5. Community workshopsNot everyone could or wanted to attend the topic-specific workshops. Therefore, five community workshops were held during the evening around the region in New Plymouth, Hawera, Stratford, Waitara, and Opunake.

At the community workshops people were able to:

• share what is great about Taranaki and what is important to keep, as we move to a low-emissions economy;

• read about the emerging thinking on the 12 topics, and contribute their own thoughts and ideas;

• contribute ideas on how to move forward on the pathway to 2050;

• look at artwork submitted to the youth creative challenge and complete their own artwork; and

• complete a survey on their vision for Taranaki and ideas on what the Roadmap should include.

4.6 Young people’s voicesIt is important to reflect the aspirations of the youth of Taranaki in the draft Roadmap, as they will be impacted by the success of a transition to a low-emissions economy. Sixty young people registered to participate in a specialised youth workshop, and more than 140 children entered a creative competition to describe their vision for 2050. In the creative competition, students aged 7–18 compiled their ideas in a picture, generated a piece of creative writing, or created an infographic or video.

4.7 The Roadmap surveyOver 360 people completed a short survey, either online, at a community workshop, or via a street or event survey. The survey asked what people love about Taranaki, what they think our province should be like in 2050, and how we can reach this vision for a low-emissions future. Survey information was collated, along with workshop outputs, and this has helped shape the Taranaki 2050 draft Roadmap.


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6. How the change will impact on different parts of the regionThe past shows us that the distributional effects of large transitions can have a lasting impact and lead to a legacy of inequality and poverty. It is important to understand how changes might impact on different communities, sectors and generations in Taranaki. We can then make choices about how we manage these impacts in a fair and inclusive way.

Without mitigating approaches, different impacts include:

• workers in industries with high emissions, and supporting industries, may be impacted more than those in industries with low emissions;

• people with lower and less transferable skills may be impacted more than highly mobile people with sought-after skills; and

• the costs and benefits vary between the generation of today and those of tomorrow.

The approach of the Roadmap is not about picking winners or focusing on specific affected industries. Rather, it concentrates on people, and considers what is needed to support those impacted as they navigate the transition to a low-emissions future. This may be developing different skills, finding new opportunities, and being ready for the new future of work.

5. Significant trends expected to impact the futureDuring the draft Roadmap process, a number of significant trends were identified that will impact how Taranaki will look in 2050. These included:

• rising environmental expectations, including lowering our emissions, reducing waste and increasing our biodiversity;

• increased climate volatility, such as sea level changes and increased frequency of storm and drought events that will affect communities and infrastructure;

• demographic change, for example, an ageing population and Māori forming a larger proportion of the working age population;

• technological changes, impacting everything from how we work and produce food, to how we live and travel – disruptions that will create challenges but also opportunities; and

• a more volatile and uncertain global political economy, as well as the continued growth of the BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China.


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7. The 12 transition topicsThe diagram below shows the 12 transition topics. There are a range of connections between them. Some topics are sectors, such as “tourism” and “food and fibre”. Some topics are enablers, such as “people and talent” and “regulatory”.

Some are both sectors and enablers, such as “energy” and “infrastructure and transport”. Metrics and evaluation sits across all themes as it is part of measuring our progress.

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8. Energy8.1 Introduction• The energy sector dominates Taranaki’s economy, producing

28% of our GDP and generating $2.08 billion annually⁴.

• The fossil fuel component of the energy sector, including transport, is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. It is widely recognised the global energy system will undergo a fundamental transformation over the coming decades – away from carbon-intensive towards low-emissions energy sources.

• Efforts have begun in Taranaki – and across New Zealand – to transition our economy to low emissions. These efforts include reducing emissions from existing infrastructure and making sure we have a secure, affordable and sustainable energy sector (the energy trilemma) over the medium and long term.

• There is no silver bullet. We need collaboration across all sectors.

• We start from a good space, as New Zealand is currently ranked 8th in the World Energy Council’s trilemma index⁵.

• Taranaki has existing assets to help drive new clean energy innovations. These include high-quality energy infrastructure, strong engineering and health and safety skills and knowledge, international networks, established energy firms and supply chain, and a natural resource base to support new energy developments.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Energy working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Energy.aspx

4 Tapuae Roa: Make Way for Taranaki Strategy, August 2017, p. 52. 5 https://trilemma.worldenergy.org/


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• Investment is made across a number of opportunities, without overly investing in any single energy technology. Energy security is about developing a basket of solutions so the right technology can be selected for the appropriate solution, versus picking a winner.

• It is important that key decisions are evidence-based and that the impacts on the whole energy system are assessed.

• These transitions to a low-emissions economy will help Taranaki build its stance as a new energy centre of excellence and position the region to trade successfully on its comparative advantages.

• Current transportation and building options need to be more energy efficient. New housing plans by councils must have economically viable, renewable energy systems.

8.4. Emerging opportunities• Work to make business and household energy innovations

and usage more transparent, to transfer knowledge and better educate communities on ways to reduce consumption and lower emissions and waste.

• Coalesce efforts from industry and the research community to test and trial new energy technologies, and disperse the innovations across the energy sector and into applied industries.

• Implement carbon capture and storage (CCS), where economically viable, to deliver meaningful short- to medium-term reductions in net emissions.

• Continue to advance the region’s renewable energy efforts that include wind, wave, and solar, as economics dictate.

– People also suggested other forms of energy, harnessing energy from waste and developing low heat geothermal energy from existing wellbores.

• Progress hydrogen (H2) testing and development, which could leverage the region’s talent and physical assets into a local hydrogen economy. This could also play an important role in realising New Zealand’s green hydrogen vision.

• Taranaki is THE example of a significant hydrocarbon economic sector moving towards a low-emissions economy.

• Relocation of energy institutions to Taranaki, to support an energy innovation hub and focus on demand-side management, education, and behavioural change required to drive down emissions.

• Opportunities to combine existing structures with technology.

8.2. Energy vision for Taranaki 2050• In 2050, Taranaki has positioned New Zealand as a leading

light on the world stage for new energy developments and is a top priority place to visit for those wishing to learn how best to transition their communities towards productive, sustainable, and inclusive low-emission economies.

• In 2050, Taranaki is recognised as a centre of new energy excellence — where deep investments flow and talent rushes in to participate; where innovations in clean energy production and applications involve and benefit communities; and where new knowledge gained is shared with those who come to learn and trade.

• In 2050, Taranaki makes a significant contribution to a coherent New Zealand energy system that is secure, affordable, and sustainable.

• Our existing resources help support a transition to renewable energy while using existing infrastructure.

8.3. Co-design themes• Taranaki will be proactive in lowering New Zealand’s

national emissions by displacing high emissions from coal, potentially utilising carbon capture and sequestration and enabling multiple new sources of energy such as wind, solar, wave and related technologies such as hydrogen for storage and distribution.

• Taranaki can make use of existing infrastructure which will result in affordable, reliable energy, especially electricity, e.g. rebrand & repurpose.

• Businesses will play a key role in the energy transition, but communities also need to consider their own behaviours. The existing petroleum industry can contribute with continued emission reduction and carbon capture through the transition.

• The transition is not just about ‘new energy’ creation but also the retention of jobs and expertise in Taranaki and the development and attraction of new skills to underpin the transition. It is about taking meaningful steps to lower emissions in the short and medium term using currently available technologies, along with the development of new technologies to deliver further emissions reductions over the longer term.

• It is important for the region’s citizens to be aware of, and educated about, the role of energy in their lives and its impact on their families (whānau) and communities.

• Local and central government play important roles in the region’s energy transition, including a focus on regulations, funding support of key initiatives, sharing knowledge, and attracting and developing skills and investments.


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9. Food and Fibre9.1 Introduction• Taranaki’s economy has a significant food and fibre industry.

It contributes more than $1.5 billion annually to Taranaki’s economy, sustains over 10,200 jobs in 3,813 businesses and comprises more than half of Taranaki’s manufacturing base⁶. Taranaki has the second highest food production GDP per capita in New Zealand.

• The efficient use of resources will be critical to the sustainable production of food as land usage, water availability, emissions, processing, and food packaging are increasingly challenged by climate change, consumer and public expectations, and population density. Ensuring the environmental sustainability of food production will need to underpin our research and development activity.

• It is important for New Zealand and Taranaki producers to understand what the global food industry might look like in the future, and the opportunities this presents. Innovation will play a significant role in the future success of the food sector for New Zealand.

• Current protein production in New Zealand, including Taranaki, is largely focused on those sourced from dairy, meat, and seafood. Discussions must be had on the role plant-based proteins could also play in our future foods. Taranaki starts from a good place, with our grass-based systems being some of the best for low-emissions in the world. This will continue to evolve, to further reduce our emissions footprint.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Food and Fibre working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Food-and-Fibre.aspx

6 Statistics from Infometrics, 2018 Taranaki Economic Analysis.


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9.2 Food and Fibre vision for Taranaki 2050• Taranaki in 2050 includes many different types of land

use. There is a balanced mix of sheep, beef, poultry, dairy, forestry, wetlands, food crops, native bush, and sustainable farms. The changes to land use were supported by information that enabled people to identify low-emissions land use options. The changes were also supported by having the necessary finance and investment required to make the transition. The land use changes occurred in a way that ensured the practices used and the products being grown are sustainable, marketable, and support the protection and restoration of the natural environment.

• Taranaki in 2050 has farms with multiple farm outputs that promote diversified land use, provide long-term stable employment opportunities, and use low-emissions practices. Investment in appropriate technology supports improvements in productivity and secure, high-wage employment.

• Taranaki’s food and fibre sector in 2050 is made up of a collaborative community that shares ideas, best practice, and lessons learned. The sector works together to ease the risk of entry into new markets and help grow market share in existing markets.

9.3 Co-design themes• Taranaki will be proactive in lowering its emissions in the

food and fibre sector by investigating how to expand, extend and diversify its land use. Land use change will be sustainable, including making incremental changes and improvements to existing practices and processes used, the products developed and preserving natural resources.

• Growing a collaborative community and developing a shared model for resources will further support de-risking land use changes and entry into the food industry. Sharing stories and lessons learned between producers/land owners, processors/marketers, and communities will strengthen the collaborative culture and identify opportunities between operations.

• Research and monitoring will provide a clear pathway to transition and support informed decision making. Financial support will de-risk land use changes to lower-emissions land use options, such as expanding livestock farming to also include producing crops such as kiwifruit, nuts, medicinal herbs, flax fibre, or hemp.

• People will have access to the necessary education, training and capability development that will enable them to make the most of opportunities that will arise in the food and fibre sector.

• People may choose to develop premium/niche products.

• By having a better understanding of the target markets for food and fibre offerings, people will be informed and can make more strategic decisions about how they use the land and what products they develop and take to market.

• Incentives to move to low-emissions opportunities are needed particularly to support shifting attitudes and behaviours where changes are challenging the current paradigm. Enablers that underpin these themes include innovation, investment, and infrastructure that will drive emissions reductions in the region.

9.4 Emerging opportunities• Development and improvement of value chains. This could

include sharing market insights, processing and packaging investment for new products, exploring channels to market and investing in low-emissions options for infrastructure such as cool stores, rail, road, and shipping.

• Develop a pilot farm, or trial areas on part of existing farms, to help research how to make new ideas and practices a reality.

• Develop a strategy for how to de-risk farm diversification or the extension of current farming practices to include new ventures⁷.

• Plant tree crops, market gardens, wetlands, native bush, and high-value forestry on marginal land to increase carbon capture.

• Share examples of success stories from local food companies and communicate the lessons learned.

• Provide incentives to encourage emissions reductions and drive the uptake of low-emissions opportunities.

7 Risk is a concept that denotes a potential negative impact to an asset that may arise. In professional risk assessments, risk combines the probability of an event occurring with the impact that event would have and with its different circumstances.


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10. TourismThis section is a description of the tourism workshops. While there was a rich discussion, further work is required on how this sector can best help us transform to a low-emissions economy.

10.1 Introduction• Taranaki has many attractions, including the mountain, the

surf, and our vibrant and historical towns and cities.

• Tourism is important to Taranaki – it can help grow our economy, bring prosperity to communities and improve quality of life. Visitor numbers are growing, bringing significant opportunities.

• Visitor growth also has the potential to create infrastructure pressures, overcrowding, and increased emissions. International and domestic air travel and road travel is a significant generator of greenhouse gases that contribute to our emission levels.

• Some employment in the tourism and hospitality sector can be low wage, seasonal, and insecure. It should be noted this means there are fewer opportunities for this sector to provide employment opportunities for those transitioning out of high-wage, secure jobs unless there is an alternative approach to employment within the sector.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Tourism working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Tourism.aspx


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10.2 Tourism vision for Taranaki 2050• The tourism sector in Taranaki 2050 is prosperous.

Sustainability, of the environment, workforce and sector, is at the heart of our tourism. Tourism growth is regenerative, not degenerative, to our natural and human resources, and retains the authenticity of our offering. Energy efficient transport and other infrastructure is well established and enables easy access in and around the region for everyone.

• The region has lots of diverse and exciting tourism offerings, products and services available for everyone to experience.

• In Taranaki 2050, our story and what we stand for is well known, communicated, and shared. We are known for our manaakitanga across all cultures and for our commitment to low-emissions practices as a ‘green’ region.

10.3 Co-design themes• Taranaki is rich in natural resources that are attractive to

visitors and can be experienced freely, such as the maunga, coast, bush walks, and lakes. This needs to be balanced with the development of paid visitor experiences and increasing visitor numbers, while protecting and preserving the environment and growing the tourism sector in a low-emissions way.

• Taranaki will be proactive in developing products and services based around its natural resources, assets and industries in a way that not only ensures a sustainable and valued tourism sector, including a sustainable workforce, visitor numbers, and culture, but provides additional economic benefit/support to these resources, assets, and industries.

• Underpinning a sustainable tourism sector is appropriate transport and other infrastructure so visitors can access these products and services. Further consideration is needed about the types of transport and other infrastructure required to develop the tourism prospects for the region, particularly as the nation transitions to a low-emissions future.

• Increasing communication to visitors and telling the Taranaki story will help to draw people into the region and ensure they are well informed of all the visitor experiences the region has to offer.

10.4 Emerging opportunities• Specific development of tourism experiences or offerings,

including hero experiences such as the “Taranaki Crossing”8.

• Grow visitor numbers to an appropriate level to support sustainable tourism businesses. Support ‘green certification’ of businesses.

• Prioritise investment in improving access to the region, low-emissions transport and other infrastructure.

• Encourage tourism operators to collaborate, share ideas, and work together within the industry and with the wider business sector, e.g. utilising/selling local products to promote the region. A “Team Taranaki” approach is essential to success.

• Provide resources and toolkits to underpin manaakitanga and promote knowledge of global cultures, to ensure all visitors are welcome and we are sharing our unique culture and regional history.

• Further develop and market the “Taranaki Story”⁹. Storytelling is essential to the tourism sector – our Māori culture and unique history, and strong creative sector will be a key component of Taranaki’s tourism future.

8 A hero experience is a flagship tourism offering that a region becomes well known for and people travel to, as it can’t be experienced elsewhere.9 This concept may be related to the New Zealand Story – an initiative aimed at “enhancing New Zealand’s reputation beyond natural beauty.” The New Zealand story aims to tell

“a broad, compelling and aspirational story about NZ, that’s grounded in our values and resonates with the world”.


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11. Māori Economy This section is a description of the Māori economy workshops. While there was a rich discussion, further work is required on how this sector can best help us transform to a low-emissions economy.

11.1 Introduction• Māori make up a larger component of the Taranaki

population than the New Zealand average (17.4% compared with 15% nationally). Māori are also a young population and will make up an increasingly large portion of the workforce between now and 2050.

• The relationship of the eight iwi of Taranaki and their rohe is rich in history and tradition. The history of Taranaki holds controversial and divisive issues too – it is where the New Zealand Land Wars began, and where Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi’s vision of self-determination, cooperation, and peace was instead met with Crown force at Parihaka in the late 1800s.

• Despite the events of the past, Māori people and enterprises in Taranaki today hold significant assets in primary industries (agriculture, horticulture, forestry, tourism, health, and fisheries). Māori enterprises operate from a strong platform of cultural values, take an intergenerational perspective on economic development, and have a particular focus on enduring relationships.

• The Māori potential in Taranaki is one of the strongest pathways to a successful 2050. By growing Māori leadership, business, and well-being, all people in Taranaki could benefit.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Māori Economy working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Maori-Economy.aspx


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11.2 Ma-ori Economy vision for Taranaki 2050• Taranaki’s economy in 2050 is diverse, vibrant and thriving

and delivers economic, social, cultural and environmental prosperity for all whānau. The Taranaki 2050 economy delivers region-wide well-being in all domains. The environment has been restored and provides a clean and healthy moana (sea) that is full of kaimoana, clean and healthy awa (rivers), forests are regenerated, and a restored and healthy whenua (land) provides abundant food and resources. Like the environment, people are physically healthy, connected, and thriving – papakāinga and collective living is practised and supported.

• Taranaki in 2050 is made up of bilingual and bicultural communities that offer a welcoming place for people from all backgrounds. These are healthy communities where local centres are used as community resources that give people the ability to stay where they live and have access to medical services, education, and communications.

• The Māori culture in Taranaki 2050 is revitalised, and expression of culture is normal. Everyone in Taranaki understands the history of the region, especially the relationship between Māori and the land, and how that has changed over time. Te reo Māori and tikanga are understood and respected by all. Our shared stories – both the good and the bad – are remembered and acknowledged.

• In 2050, organisations, businesses, and government use a Māori lens in the way they approach issues and make decisions relating to a low-emissions future. Māori are meaningfully partnered with.

11.3 Co-design themes• Māori have always considered themselves as kaitiaki of

the taiao (environment). Ensuring the sustainability of the environment and natural resources of the region is critical so that our taonga are regenerated, protected and preserved for future generations.

• Reconciliation and acknowledging the shared history of Taranaki is a cornerstone for 2050 success. Largely stemming from historical injustices, understanding the past is necessary to move forward for both Māori and Pākehā in the region. Reconciliation will mean addressing the diverging views about the underlying tension and ignorance of the region’s history, particularly regarding the land loss, and how it still impacts on people’s options and well-being in life today.

• The Māori economy is about more than pūtea (financial return). It’s about delivering economic, social, cultural, and environmental prosperity for all whānau.

• Taking pride in being and celebrating Māori. Working towards having te reo Māori spoken and understood by more people, and having tikanga Māori understood by everyone in the region, will help build success and support the rest of the transition pathways.

• Self-determination – we need to enable and support everyone to get on the waka. There will be many entry points along the way, and we need to give people the support they require, providing many opportunities for them to get involved, join in, and have a voice.

• Key values raised in the Māori economy workshops were consistent with many of the other workshops held to develop the draft Roadmap. These values included: environment/natural resources, lifestyle and people, culture and history, community and connectedness, and adaptability and opportunities.

11.4 Emerging opportunities• Organisations and businesses can examine their own

policies and ways that they work to check for alignment with Māori values and ways of working. They can also look for any barriers that might exist to engagement and inclusiveness for Māori and take steps towards reducing these barriers.

• Undertaking analysis and development of ideas as to how the region can better include a Māori lens in the way things are done in Taranaki and how the system is run.

• The history of Māori and Pākehā in Taranaki should be more widely shared and understood by everyone in the region – there is an opportunity to develop a strategy for sharing and dispersal of knowledge across people living here.


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12. People and Talent 12.1 Introduction• The people of Taranaki are at the heart of our region’s

transition to a low-emissions economy. The well-being of our people, access to relevant and high-quality education, and good job opportunities for all is of the utmost importance.

• The transition to a low-emissions future will bring challenges and opportunities for our people. Workers will need to be adaptable and empowered to transition between sectors and careers over their lifetime, and employers will need the tools to manage this transition.

• Changes to the way we work, where we work, and the skills that will be needed in the future will all impact on our workforce. This will bring opportunities, such as the ability to work flexibly and remotely from anywhere in the region, and challenges, such as the need to adapt to an increase in automation and digitisation.

• Taranaki has deep skills and expertise in certain areas, such as food, logistics, health and safety, and engineering. We want to build on these strengths in the future. Retaining and attracting people to the region, and increasing diversity and inclusion, will continue to be priorities.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the People and Talent working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/People-and-Talent.aspx


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12.2 People and Talent vision for Taranaki 2050• In 2050, Taranaki is a region that values its people, provides

pathways to high-quality education (early childhood education to tertiary), good job opportunities, and a lifestyle to be proud of.

• Young people in Taranaki will understand all their options for career pathways. Higher education, vocational education, and on the job options will all be attractive choices for people to consider.

• Everyone in Taranaki has access to develop core skills including critical thinking and digital skills, as well as social skills such as empathy, generosity, and cooperation. Subjects such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and maths are actively pursued.

• Businesses in Taranaki 2050 share resources and possibly workers across industries, and have created a highly skilled and adaptable regional workforce. Training and education is understood to be an investment in business, industry, and the region.

12.3 Co-design themes• We will build greater connections and collaboration

between education providers, employers, workers, and local and central government.

• Businesses need support to develop transition plans for their business and workers.

• Training and education needs to be seen as an investment, rather than a cost to businesses.

• We utilise skills and talent in existing sectors such as agriculture, health and safety, food processing, logistics, and engineering as we transition to low-emissions.

• All workers’ voices need to be heard. Their ideas will help their transition be more just and fair. Workers need to be empowered to manage their own transition and should not bear the full costs of change.

12.4 Emerging opportunities• Create a network that facilitates connection, collaboration,

and sharing of resources across the region. Workers can connect with employment and education opportunities, and businesses can access talent.

• Co-design learning and career pathways for existing workers and young people. Focus in particular on developing career pathways in key low-emissions sectors, such as renewable energy, agriculture, horticulture, and sciences.

• Develop educational infrastructure including modern learning environments to support Taranaki as a clean energy and environmental science education hub. Attract the best thinkers and innovators.

• Investigate the feasibility of establishing a specialised outpost of an existing New Zealand university in Taranaki, specialising in the key sectors above.

• Industry to consider trialling more innovative ways to share and grow people and talent, e.g. job swaps, employer speed dating, regional work experience programmes, collaborative projects.

• Local government to support businesses in developing transition plans, and starting pilot programmes with a few local businesses.

• Provide training for people in charge of hiring in how to recognise transferable skills.

• Provide tools and material support for workers to determine their own skill development and recognition (including access to qualifications and micro-credentials), identify their skills, and learn about future job opportunities, so that they are empowered to manage their transition.

• Provide the infrastructure for people and businesses to embrace the future of work, e.g. by providing city-wide free digital access (wi-fi), more co-working spaces, and training in digital technology.


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13. Innovation and Research & Development (R&D)13.1 Introduction• R&D and other forms of innovation are key enablers of

economic development and are necessary to move to a low-emissions economy. They facilitate the uptake of new technology and knowledge.

• R&D is original and planned investigation, undertaken with the prospect of gaining and applying new knowledge or understanding to new or improved materials, devices, products, processes, systems, or services.

• Innovation is about a process of creating, adopting, and adapting knowledge into new or improved design, marketing methods, business models, processes, products, or services.

• Taranaki already has a number of innovative local businesses and deep technical expertise in certain sectors. These can generate R&D activity that contributes to the transition to low emissions.

• Taranaki sponsors investment into economically sustainable opportunities.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Innovation and Research & Development (R&D) working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Innovation-R-and-D.aspx


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13.2 Innovation and R&D vision for Taranaki 2050• Taranaki 2050 has developed an innovation ecosystem

that connects people, facilitates collaboration, provides investment and support for existing businesses and new start-ups, and is linked into the education system.

• Taranaki fosters a culture of innovation that encourages new ideas and ways of doing things. This culture incorporates Māori values and reflects regional values around environmental and economic sustainability, well-being, and protecting the Taranaki lifestyle.

13.3 Co-design themes• A desire to grow the region’s innovation ecosystem to

support thriving local businesses and to contribute to Taranaki’s transition.

• Taranaki can look to build on and leverage its existing strengths and identify adjacent areas of competitive advantage for the region.

• Access to investment is crucial to support innovation and R&D. Lack of investment is a current challenge for Taranaki.

• Innovation and R&D activity aims to contribute to increased environmental and economic sustainability, and the transition to a low-emissions future. In particular, it can be used to de-risk land use changes and drive emissions reductions in the region.

13.4 Emerging opportunities• Businesses move to adopt technology and workers need to

be supported to know how to use it.

• Support the development of incubators, accelerators, or a physical or digital innovation hub by championing the greater innovation ecosystem.

• Facilitate more connections across the community, particularly between industry and schools to coach innovation from a young age. Investigate cultural change and innovative schooling models in the region.

• Establish a partnership fund for innovation and R&D activity in the region.

• Use research expertise to de-risk the transition to more diverse land use (this opportunity links with the Food and Fibre topic).


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14.1 Introduction• Infrastructure refers to assets that allow our society

and economy to function. This includes roads, pipes (water, wastewater, and gas), and wires (electricity and telecommunications). Transport covers any means of travel, including by vehicle, ship, aeroplane, train, bus, bike, scooter, or foot.

• Freight connectivity is a significant enabler of important sectors in Taranaki, especially food and fibre and other manufacturing. The use of roads, rail, and shipping to move products in and out of the region is essential to how well the region can function.

• There are a number of trends impacting infrastructure and transport. These include:

– an increasing need for investment in low-emissions

infrastructure due to ageing assets and growing population;

– a need to lower emissions from transport;

– a need to make infrastructure resilient to extreme weather events;

– technological disruption making alternative options more attractive, such as putting solar panels on buildings, battery or hydrogen-powered transport, and autonomous vehicles; and

– a shift to smart digitalised systems that requires a fast and secure internet connection and improved efficiency of delivery.

• Taranaki has a leadership opportunity to encourage the uptake of low-emission vehicles and encourage other low-emissions technology, while ensuring that any remaining fossil-fuelled vehicles are as efficient as possible.

14. Infrastructure and Transport

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Infrastructure and Transport working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Infrastructure-and-transport-(1).aspx


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14.2 Infrastructure and Transport vision for 2050• The passenger vehicle and roading system in 2050 looks

totally different to 2019. Private cars are fewer and zero emissions, and use has decreased as public transport options are abundant (autonomous vehicles, electric buses, high speed rail) and digital connectivity has increased. Video conferencing is widely used. Roads have been re-designed to support safety and enjoyment for active transport types like scooters, bikes, and e-vehicles. As a result, there is less need for parking spaces, so many areas in the CBDs have been repurposed into green and vibrant community places.

• Taranaki will have well connected access to the rest of New Zealand, and enjoy connectivity with the world. Our port will be New Zealand’s key west coast link, our rail network will be low-emissions with links south and east to the main truck line. Our airport will provide a reliable connection to the rest of the country.

• Infrastructure in Taranaki in 2050 is resilient, low-emissions and future-focused, including energy for buildings and transport, water systems and treatment, and digital connectivity. The region has replaced infrastructure over time using comprehensive cost-benefit decisions that have enabled innovative and low-emissions infrastructure assets to be procured and deployed.

• In 2050 Taranaki has accessible, safe, low-cost, and low-emissions transport options for the majority in the region – including people in rural communities, people with special transport requirements (such as the elderly or those less able), and for visitors to the region.

14.3 Co-design themes• The regulatory environment has a major role to play,

for example, in encouraging a move to low-emissions transport.

• Vehicles (cars, freight, public transport) need a transformational transition, with significant low-emissions change possible in the future (e.g. electric vehicles, electric trains, hydrogen vehicles, autonomous vehicles, methanol for ships, and ride sharing).

• Increase low-energy transport options, such as walking, biking, and public transport.

• Increased digital connection and create a resilient IT infrastructure.

• Equity and inclusiveness must be considered, given how important transport and infrastructure are to well-being.

• Localised solutions are valued – for example, creating community micro-grids to boost energy affordability and resilience.

• Resilience is important, especially given potential extreme weather events. Decentralising infrastructure to home systems helps support existing infrastructure, reduces environmental impacts, and increases resiliency.

14.4 Emerging opportunities• Accessible and sustainable transport – as technological

opportunities arise, use these to help people access low-emission and low-cost transport.

• Our roads in 2050 do not have to look like roads today. As we replace our ageing infrastructure there will be opportunities to do things differently. Ideas include changing roads to allow slow lanes, for safer transit of bikes, small e-vehicles, and scooters. By discouraging heavy transport from using residential and urban areas we could save money by building roads that are designed for lighter use in future.

• Car-free areas – changing the types of cars and ways that we use cars could free up areas currently used for parking for other things like gardens and community spaces.

• Infrastructure investments that truly consider low-emissions and resilience in their cost-benefit analyses could result in different infrastructure investments in the future.

• Long-term asset management planning for adequate upgrade and renewals programmes here could be an opportunity for Taranaki to lead.

• Continue to invest in improving the connection links using low-emissions infrastructure between Taranaki and the rest of New Zealand.


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15. Health and Well-being15.1 Introduction• Throughout the Taranaki 2050 workshops, the health and

well-being of people emerged as a core part of both the vision for the future and a pathway to get there.

• Increasingly, there is global recognition that health is more than a biological equation – it encompasses mental, spiritual, and cultural health. In Taranaki, some people have a view that the health and well-being of people is directly related to the health and well-being of the physical environment, too.

• Unfortunately, global and local trends for health and well-being show there is a long way to go before we can achieve positive outcomes. Unhealthy practices relating to diet and activity are a challenge for many New Zealanders, and mental health issues are increasing.

• In addition to these wider trends, access to health care is an issue for many of our rural and smaller communities. People may need to travel away from their whānau to receive treatment, and the cost of healthcare can be prohibitive for many on low incomes.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Health and Well-being working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Health-wellbeing.aspx


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15.2 Health and Well-being vision for Taranaki 2050 • A broad and preventive approach to health and well-being

is central to Taranaki in 2050. A vision where people enjoy positive outcomes across the well-being spectrum – such as the te whare tapa whā approach where the four areas of mental, family, spiritual, and physical well-being are all required. Healthcare practitioners understand and use integrated treatment approaches, blending traditional healthcare practice with rongoā Māori and alternative approaches, as appropriate, to patients and their whānau.

• Healthcare is equitable, safe, sustainable, timely, and affordable.

• Technology is combined with face-to-face interaction to be predictive, preventative, and personalised.

15.3 Co-design themes• The need for physical activity to be a fundamental part

of our lifestyle. This may be active transport to get from one place to the next (walking or cycling), enjoying the natural resources in the region (trails around the maunga or surfing), or taking part in sports clubs and exercise classes suited to different interests and needs (pilates and tai chi for people with mobility issues, for example).

• For people who require health treatment, it’s important that access is not an issue. Digital, mobile, and local options could provide affordable and culturally appropriate healthcare. People who need treatment should be able to stay with their whānau and communities as they receive help and recover.

• Community hubs can be places of education and information sharing for health and well-being. People can use these as facilities for exercise, for education about their health and to connect with others in their communities.

• All children to be taught how to keep themselves healthy and well. Resources for adults to be made available, too.

• Restoration of the natural environment is a part of the health and well-being of the people – taiao, taiora, ko te ora o te whenua, ko te ora o te tangata10.

15.4 Emerging opportunities• Making use of schools and sports centres as well-being

community hubs to promote and facilitate health education and activities.

• Doing more to understand and address the foundational determinants of health and well-being, such as housing, education, and income.

• Using digital technology to offer more telehealth, such as digital GP consultations and well-being smart phone apps.

• Using mobile low-emissions health vehicles to reach rural and isolated people in Taranaki.

• Investing in local hospitals and healthcare centres in smaller communities in Taranaki so that people can receive treatment and care close to their homes and communities.

• Enabling education and information sharing, including holistic aspects that contribute to health and well-being.

• Focusing on connecting people in real life – especially young people, older people and vulnerable people.

10 This is the vision from the Taranaki Iwi Environmental Management Plan, where the health of the environment is the health of the people.


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16. Arts 16.1 Introduction• Taranaki has a wealth of creative potential. Our artists

and creative businesses are extraordinarily talented, and we produce world leaders in multiple disciplines. We offer unique creative expressions and processes from our blended cultures. The international reputations and earnings of our creators are growing, and there are many more opportunities to explore.

• The creative sector has the potential to:

– enrich our lives through our stories;

– drive growth in the digital age through innovation and productivity;

– generate high value jobs and outputs;

– confidently face the transformational future of work;

– offer new opportunities for small business and regional development;

– be sustainable and protect the environment;

– export to global markets with few barriers; and

– support innovative enterprises.

• Arts and culture make a vital contribution to the creation of a more inclusive and more confident society. They have the power to delight, educate, stimulate, and inspire.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Arts working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Arts.aspx


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16.2 Arts vision for Taranaki 2050• Taranaki in 2050 is a flourishing hub for the arts sector.

The region is an internationally recognised centre of arts where learning, sharing, and collaboration is encouraged. It is a place where artists are celebrated for their skills, and resources are available for artists to access.

• Taranaki in 2050 is an arts destination that is driven and supported by the arts community in collaboration with local councils and other agencies.

• In 2050 the Taranaki central business district is a living canvas, showcasing street art and physical art.

• Taranaki in 2050 offers significant education opportunities to pursue art as a career, including programmes through to creative pathways and career options.

16.3 Co-design themes• Taranaki has a rich cultural history and natural landscapes

that make it unique and inspire our creative community.

• A need for leadership across the region so that the sector is connected. Having a common purpose and shared vision for the arts sector will enable stronger regional collaboration to enhance the sector. Everyone can have a role to play in actively participating and contributing to the growing arts sector.

• The creative sector can add value in all sorts of ways to the work needed to transition the region to a low-emissions economy.

• Taranaki’s arts, culture and heritage can be linked in to other sectors of the economy – for example, tourism, events, community development, and infrastructure development, etc.

• Funding and resourcing will underpin the growth of the arts sector. The arts sector also needs to be supported by business, government (national and local), the community, and iwi. Political and executive engagement is critical to long-term sustainability of the sector.

• Education and innovation will play a critical role in growing the arts sector and vice versa.

• Māori arts and culture should be celebrated and promoted in Taranaki through education (Mātauranga Māori – Māori knowledge, data, understanding, and observations) and supporting iwi/Māori to tell their stories through various art forms such as carving, weaving, and kapa haka. Technology could assist with this, such as via augmented reality/virtual reality.

16.4 Emerging opportunities• Local government to look at ways to work with communities

to develop cultural and artistic opportunities and implement them over time. Arts and cultural activities face limited resources, and support is crucial if the sector is to grow into a more active role in the transformation of the Taranaki economy to one of low-emissions.

• Establish a centre of arts in Taranaki. This physical space could be a place where learning, sharing, and collaboration are encouraged, and where artists are celebrated for their skills. It could have multi-disciplinary resources to be made available for all artists to access.

• Collaboration with councils and other agencies to brand Taranaki as an arts destination, similar to art deco in Napier.

• Creating space within the central business districts in the region as a canvas for art, particularly for street art and physical art.

• Education opportunities are needed to support the growth of the sector, offering programmes, creative pathways, and career options for youth and everyone in the sector.

• Using the arts sector to empower our people, for example, by creating ways for people to express themselves and giving people more confidence in their abilities.

• Exploring the use of heritage buildings and industrial buildings to offer sound/light experiences, similar to L’Atelier des Lumieres in Paris and Vivid in Sydney.


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17. Environmental Sciences17.1 Introduction• ‘Environmental sciences’ is an umbrella term for a range of

disciplines that cover the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment, across air, land and water. In Taranaki these include diverse sciences – from geology to Mātauranga Māori to environmental chemical engineering (among many others).

• The focus is about making better decisions around which activities to pursue to balance environmental impact and economic benefits. It is also about understanding our impact on our natural environment.

• Environmental sciences in Taranaki are much broader than the focus on lowering emissions. They include reducing waste, increasing biodiversity, and minimising our impact on the natural ecosystem.

• Environmental sciences are increasingly incorporating non-Western disciplines to be more relevant to communities. In New Zealand, Māori have developed a comprehensive knowledge of our ecosystems and species over the last 1,000 years, through an intimate connection with the natural environment. Mātauranga Māori is a unique approach that can help us achieve excellence in understanding and using environmental science in the transition to a low-emissions future.

• Taranaki is already a role model for some types of environmental sciences, with its award-winning riparian management programme transforming the Taranaki ring plain for more than 20 years. The transition to 2050 offers opportunities to expand our leadership across other areas of environmental sciences, too.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Environmental Sciences working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Environmental-Sciences.aspx


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17.2 Environmental Sciences vision for Taranaki 2050• Taranaki 2050 has accessible environmental data which

everyone understands and uses to measure their own environmental impacts and health and well-being.

• Mātauranga Māori is a core part of environmental science in Taranaki in 2050.

• Taranaki 2050 is home to skilled environmental science practitioners and research institutions, who have national and global connections and who collaborate to achieve outcomes in lowering emissions, environmental restoration, and improving our health and well-being.

17.3 Co-design themes• Environmental sciences in Taranaki can be comprehensive

and integrated. They will be used by a wide range of people in Taranaki in 2050, including households, schools and businesses, as well as research organisations and government.

• Mātauranga Māori is especially a part of our understanding and practice of environmental sciences. Citizen science also offers a way to empower local communities to track the environmental system in their own backyard.

• Environmental indicators and monitoring information need to be shared and understood by a wide range of people in Taranaki. There is an important communication and education element to environmental sciences – information will be transparent, easy to understand and access, so people know what the state of the environment is and how best to protect and restore it.

• We need to excel in environmental science using skilled people, supported by globally connected research institutions. There are a number of research areas where Taranaki could excel, e.g. the biodiversity of the maunga and marine environment, changing farming systems to support sustainable agriculture, environmental impact of carbon capture and storage, and our riparian planting programme.

17.4 Emerging opportunities• Work with the community to build consensus on agreement

for approaches to measure and understand environmental sciences in ways that are meaningful and credible.

• Build awareness of how Mātauranga Māori can be used across environmental science and into measurement and monitoring.

• Use technology opportunities to measure more things, more of the time, with less effort, and with greater information transfer to end users.

• Develop research infrastructure such as networks, educational institutes, and shared communities of practice, based on the unique perspective that Taranaki has to offer environmental science.

• Enable communication and teaching of environmental science to young people.


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18. Regulatory 18.1 Introduction• Regulations affect everything in our lives including what

we eat, the houses we live in, the goods and services we trade and our ability to earn a living. Good regulatory practices and institutions play a critical role in protecting New Zealanders’ rights and ensuring that markets work fairly and efficiently.

• Central government and local government both have an important role in ensuring New Zealand’s regulatory system functions well. Central government is responsible for the regulation of issues that affect the whole country, such as tax, employment, welfare, and energy. Our local government looks after the needs of the Taranaki community, which in the context of a low-emissions economy will be in providing building and environmental consents.

• The ability of New Zealand’s regulatory system to be responsive and fit for purpose is increasingly being challenged by the pace and scale of change in our society. Changes in technology, the way we work, our future skills needs and how we adapt to a low-emissions economy will all require regulatory changes.

• At a national level, the Government plans to introduce a Zero Carbon Bill, establish an independent Climate Change Commission and make changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme to support the reduction of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. Taranaki’s local regulations will also need to be fit for purpose to support this.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Regulatory working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Regulatory.aspx


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18.2 Regulatory vision for Taranaki 2050 • Our regulatory system balances agility and consultation.

It keeps up with the pace of change in society and the economy, while coherently linking to the national regulatory system, with the importance of good research and effective consultation being incorporated into significant changes in policy and regulations.

• The regulatory system in Taranaki in 2050 enables and supports a thriving, economically sustainable, low-emissions economy, including enabling the adoption of new technologies.

• Taranaki has strong local regulatory leadership and a culture of community engagement with the region’s regulatory systems.

• All significant changes in policy and regulations are based on good research and effective consultation.

18.3 Co-design themes• Regulations incentivise the transition to low-emissions and

enable new technologies and opportunities. Innovation should be encouraged. However, it is also important to enforce minimum standards.

• Taranaki’s local regulation to be developed through genuine consultation with those it affects, including businesses, farmers, unions, iwi, and community groups.

• Getting consensus between the different regulatory plans in the region is a challenge, and the time frames for planning processes should be streamlined.

• Taranaki needs strong local leadership and highly skilled people to create effective regulations. We will also need to help our regulators be at the forefront of IT and best practice – for example, use big data to predict trends and inform regulation.

18.4 Emerging opportunities• Capture the goals of the Taranaki 2050 Roadmap and the

need to move to a low-emissions economy in the local government plans of the Taranaki region. For example, town planning requirements can facilitate a reduction in car usage and uptake of public transport.

• Review Taranaki’s planning processes and look to streamline them so that plans can be updated more quickly and easily.

• Continue to send signals from Taranaki to central government about reforms that the region considers necessary to national regulation, such as the Resource Management Act. Also work with government to consider appropriate regulations for carbon capture storage and renewable energy generation.

• Explore different ways of engaging a range of stakeholders in regulation development. Face-to-face methods of engagement will continue to be important, supplemented by online engagement.

• Carry out environmental cost benefit analysis on all new regulation to ensure we understand the true impacts of regulation.


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19. Metrics & Evaluation19.1 Introduction• Measuring and reflecting how our actions are helping or

hindering our progress towards a low-emissions future is essential to knowing if our pathways are working, and if we are on track to achieving the Taranaki 2050 vision.

• Increasingly, the world is recognising that traditional indicators of progress, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), are not sufficient to tell the whole story of people and their communities and environment. In 2017, New Zealand started moving towards a well-being framework for measuring how New Zealand is faring – looking at four capitals: social, cultural, environmental, and financial.

• A foundation of shared measurement is where all participating organisations agree on the way they will measure success and report it, based on common indicators and measures. Additionally, while focusing on shared measurement is important, collective impact efforts can be more successful when measurement is treated as part of a larger system of learning and evaluation.

• The idea of collective impact is broadly defined as a group of diverse actors from different sectors – community, business, government – coming together to share a common agenda to solve a specific social problem. The Taranaki 2050 draft Roadmap is a collective impact activity – diverse groups coming together to create pathways to a new future. This gives us a way to think about metrics and evaluation for the draft Roadmap.

The above ‘capture cards’ are a random selection of participants thoughts at the Metrics & Evaluation working group workshops. To view the workshop cards in full, please visit: https://about.taranaki.info/taranaki.2050/Working-and-Exploration-Groups/Metrics-Evaluation.aspx


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19.2 Metrics and Evaluation vision for Taranaki 2050• In Taranaki 2050, everyone understands the 2050 goals

and how the region is approaching measurement and monitoring of those goals. Everyone has access to the data that is being used for measurement and monitoring, where access means data is understandable and relevant.

• Social, cultural, environment, and financial measurements for both a low-emissions economy and a thriving community and environment are in place and being used.

19.3 Co-design themes• People and communities in Taranaki will have a strong

sense of ownership of measurement and the use of data in transitioning towards a social, cultural, environmental, and financially sustainable future. This includes many different actors (businesses, households, students) participating in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of information.

• Measurement of low emissions-related indicators and social, cultural, environmental, and financial indicators are equally important, and need to include qualitative data as well as quantitative.

• Information needs to be accessible, easy to understand, and shared (apps, infographics, and use of social media).

• An agile approach should be continuously applied to thinking about measurement and evaluation. If we change our goals over time, then our measurement should change to fit too.

• Protection of privacy and confidentiality is essential to obtaining, using, and trusting data and analysis.

• Requirement to establish baseline data as soon as possible on which to measure our progress.

19.4 Emerging opportunities• Establishing a collective impact methodology with

a suitable baseline data set adapted for Taranaki to start from. Currently, data sets around emissions, the environment, and well-being are either difficult to access or not in existence for Taranaki. Working towards creating data that is relevant to the region and its vision is needed to support the baseline opportunity.

• Investigating whether the country’s most important data collections (Tier 1 Statistics) are suitable for measuring the transition in Taranaki, and working towards including new data as Tier 1 as required.

• The Theory of Change11 is developed and adapted for the Taranaki region, and shared and promoted in order to help people understand what is being measured and how it contributes to the Taranaki 2050 vision.

• Investigating what data is already available via open access, and promoting sharing of data between people and organisations.

• The opportunity to harness the power of data to tell stories, guide transitional economic decision making and drive the behavioural change required to deliver year-on-year greenhouse gas emission reductions.

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20. Youth Workshop and creative challengeThe voice of our young people was a critical part of the development of this draft Roadmap. Sixty young people registered to participate in a specialised youth workshop, and more than 140 children entered a creative competition to describe their vision for 2050. In the creative competition, students aged 7–18 compiled their ideas in a picture, generated a piece of creative writing, or created an infographic or diagram.

Across the engagement, the following themes emerged strongly in their 2050 vision:

• a low-emissions region, with substantial renewable energy;

• a cleaner environment, with less plastic and rubbish;

• tolerance and embracing cultural diversity;

• Taranaki people being humble and caring;

• a large change in transport, both embracing new technology, and making it more accessible and with lower-emissions;

• flourishing flora and fauna, particularly in our oceans and on the maunga;

• sustainable ways to live, e.g. earthship houses; and

• uptake of new technology, but being careful about its overuse.

20.1 Youth workshop The 2050 youth workshop was a collaboration between Taranaki 2050 and Massey University. Students from 11 high schools around Taranaki took part in a day-long exploration of what the future might look like for the region.

The day began with students discussing what they loved about Taranaki and what they wanted Taranaki to be like in 2050.

Massey University’s School of Design then ran a session using a design-thinking approach. The students considered how they would enhance Taranaki. They were asked to consider economic viability, potential issues with approach, potential partners to create change, and modelling needed.

20.2 Creative challengeExamples of some of the winning creative entries are shown here. They include artwork, videos, posters, infographics, and essays.

Jack Lydon, 7-10 years age group category, video

Penelope Dixon, 11-14 years age group category, poster


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Lia Sefton-Zachan, 11-14 years age group category, drawing


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A gentle hum strokes the streets of Taranaki. Only a purr of a couple of cars sliding down through town at 8am on a Wednesday morning. The patter of feet beats louder than the sea slapping against the breakwater in New Plymouth, the beach in Patea and the cliffs in Onaero. The waves wave at me as my bike whizzes me along the walkway on my way to school. Then I’ll zip onto the road, onto the overpass, under the underpass, my wheels whispering over the pink cycle tracks.

Tonight I am feeling for you Under the state of a strange land

“Hey Kato, wanna come for a surf after school?” Ella calls as I bike past her house.

“Yep, meet me afterschool at the bike shed, chuck your board on the rack on your bike and I can take ya wettie now and keep it in my locker.” I yell back.

“Thanks, see ya at school!” And my wheels spin, as I pedal again. Looping round the tracks on the way to school, a woven town, like braided rivers which flow so peacefully. Feeding off each other.

You have sacrificed much to be here There but for grace as I offer my hand

The marshmallow coloured maunga looks over us as the bike paths start to fill. The pink sun peeking through the retractable skylights in the cycle-way roof. Today they’re all open as the sun shines, on the late autumn day. It’s fresh, scarf kinda weather. But I’ll be warm by the time I get to school.

Welcome home, I bid you welcome, I bid you welcome Welcome home from the bottom of my heart

Stratford begins to wake, and Makahu blinks the sleep from its eyes, Norfolk stirs. Those country kids tack up their horses and chuck on some panniers, and bustle on off to school. Trit trot, trit trot. Their parents don’t worry about them getting hit on the roads, there aren’t many tankers these days. Only cows doing their thing and farmers and townies alike, enjoying their ‘from the gate’ milk at the many small family farms scattered near and far all round Taranaki.

Out here on the edge The empire is fading by the day

Back around in New Plymouth I’m doing the last push up the school path, holding down the cheeky boost button, to make the last few metres to the bike sheds. I pop my bike in the shed and plug it in, and ugh I have a test first I totally forgot about.

And the world is so weary in war Maybe we’ll find that new way

Clear to the horizon, the sea sparkles, teasing me, taunting me. Poking its tongue out at me. ‘You can surf soon’, it calls, ‘but not yet’. There’s a dusting of icing sugar on the mountain, now, Jack ‘round in Eltham said there’ll be a dumping soon, then we can hit the slopes.

So welcome home, see I made a space for you now Welcome home from the bottom of our heart Welcome home from the bottom of our hearts

Finally PE, and yay a spin class! Hooked up to the main circuit board, we learn about our different muscles firing, all playing their part to keep our body in shape. Our legs turning, all playing their part to power the bike shed. The more my legs spin now, the more charge our bikes have, the more I can press the boost button to skirt up those killer hills on my way to the beach.

Keep it coming now keep it coming now You’ll find most of us here with our hearts wide open

The sun’s still shining at 2:30, surf time soon. Buzz buzz, buzz buzz. My pocket vibrates and I sneak a look under my desk during the last class. New delivery alert from a clothes shop in town, “2 parcels to drop to Hurdon by 5pm today. Pick up by 3:30pm from shop. $10 payment.” I accept the job before someone else on the job app does. I love doing these odd jobs on my way home. Saves a courier van doing the job, and pays for ice creams in the summer and hot choccys in the winter. Or maybe I could learn to save… and buy a new surfboard, or upgrade my bike to one with a better battery. There’s no trucks delivering parcels around Taranaki, around Taradise. Only people power, going in the same direction anyways, so why not.

WELCOME HOMEKate Atkinson, 15-18 years age group category, essay


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There’s a woman with her hands trembling, haere mai And she sings with a mountain’s memory, haere mai

The braided city, the woven people, all linked through sharing, through cycling, through the tune of birds singing to us. The mountain our friend, linking the people throughout the region, we can’t always see each other, but we can look towards the mountain and all see the same mountain. The sky sparkles like the sea, the ranges watch over us, like the rangers watch over the ranges. And it’s gorgeous.

There’s a cloud the full length of these isles Just playing chase with the sun

My bike takes me places, places filled with beauty in my own backyard. My legs take me far. And the whole region is moving as one. Moving in different directions but towards a common goal. A connected region, a loving region, a low-emissions region. The waves curl over each other and whisper words of encouragement, taking each other to the shore. The waves whisper to us too. A region wrapped in waves and wise words from the sea, from the maunga, from lessons in our past. Take care of the region. Our taonga.

And it’s black and it’s white and it’s wild All the colours are one

Taranaki is a place to love and in return, it gives back love. A symbiotic region. Let us all love it and let it love us. And as we go from 2019 to 2050, let this be the future. Let us bike and let us share, let us weave and let us care.

The domain down the road sings to me. The tuis call and the geese honk out of tune, but it’s much better than my singing. Oh how I love Taranaki, it’s bliss.

So welcome home, I bid you welcome, I bid you welcome Welcome home from the bottom of our hearts

The Future of Taranaki

One way I think we could solve global warming is for every 100 things made in a factory

plant one tree. This would help because trees take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

When cars drive by trees, the trees would take in the carbon dioxide. When the Earth takes

in some of the sun’s rays they get stuck inside the greenhouse gases circle. This keeps

warming the Earth. Carbon dioxide is one of the three greenhouse gases. This greenhouse

gas is made from burning fossil fuels.

Energy plants also release carbon dioxide into the air and use fossil fuels. So another

way would be to somehow capture the energy from the streams up the mountain. Because of

how fast they run, they could be sent into a energizer to create power. We have infinite

water up the mountain because every year the snow melts and flows downstream. This could

be used to keep generating electricity. We could use large batteries to store energy in the

summer when there is less snow/water.

I think tidal power would be another good source of power. With tidal power, you have

to wait for high and low tides. The most efficient way is to use a tidal barrage. With a tidal

barrage, when the tide goes up and down it is made into power using a turbine. Another way

is to use tidal turbines, which is like a wind turbine but underwater. Tidal turbines use

mechanical energy from the tide to create power.

We could also build earthships around New Zealand to use less power. They are off

the grid and built to make the temperature how you want for summer and winter without

using power. They are made from things that people think are rubbish like cans, tires and

bottles. The water that usually goes to waste will be reused in the toilet and to water plants.

A fifth way to improve Taranaki is to have electric car stations put around the city, so

people can bike to them and then drive around using them and when they are done they could

bring them to a station and then grab their bike and ride them home. I think drivers would

have to put their driver’s license into a slot to make the car go. Having shared electric cars

means we won’t have to use as many resources to make cars.

At the moment, a lady in Holland has figured out how to put solar panels in windows and

other everyday items. If we could become world leaders in new technology/solar tech, then

we could get these engineers to come work here. This could also provide more jobs for

locals. After that New Zealand could use solar energy in everything. We could even put

them in cars to power them instead of petrol.

To summarise, I think we should plant more trees, use more renewable energy resources

such as solar, tidal and water, build earth ships around NZ and have shared cars around

Taranaki.

Izaak Richardson, 7-10 years age group category, essay

Christina Smith, 7-10 years age group category, poster


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21. Community Workshop and survey

Community WorkshopsFive community workshops were held during the evening around the region in New Plymouth, Hawera, Stratford, Waitara, and Opunake.

Key findings, outputs and questions from the 12 topic workshops were summarised for community workshops. Participants were able to input their feedback on the work to date, or share different views on how to transform Taranaki to a low-emissions economy.

The outputs of the community workshops were collated and included with information gathered from the workshops on the 12 topics to co-design the draft Roadmap.

SurveyMore than 360 people also completed a survey, either online or via being approached on the street or at an event. Respondents were a broad representation of genders, ages, communities, and ethnicities across Taranaki.

93% of respondents agreed that the region was in a time of pivotal change and 92% agreed that Taranaki needs to work towards creating a low-emissions economy.


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WHAT MAKES TARANAKI UNIQUE?

In terms of the transition, respondents were fairly equally divided between what were the most important things to work on. Energy production and utilisation, infrastructure and transport, agriculture and horticulture practices and environmental assessment and monitoring featured most highly.

COMMUNITY AND CULTURE

OUTDOOR OPPORTUNITIES AND CONNECTION TO NATURE

MOUNT TARANAKI AND THE NATIONAL PARK

OTHER

WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO WORK ON TO TRANSITION TO A LOW-EMISSIONS ECONOMY?

The views on industries of the future were also fairly evenly split. Energy and agriculture and food scored most highly, followed by art and visitor experience.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING

REGULATIONS AND MANAGEMENT

ENERGY PRODUCTION AND UTILISATION

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE PRACTICES

FOOD PROCESSING AND VALUE-ADD

FOOD PRODUCTION DIVERSIFICATION

OTHER

WHAT WILL BE IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES FOR TARANAKI IN THE FUTURE?

ENERGY

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

HORTICULTURE

FORESTRY (INCLUDING PROCESSING)

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

ART AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE

OTHER

WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST ABOUT LIVING IN TARANAKI?

The natural environment featured significantly in what respondents thought made Taranaki unique. 36% of people said the outdoor opportunities and connection to nature. Another 30% said Mount Taranaki and the national park.

AFFORDABILITY

MY JOB/CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

OTHER

THE COMMUNITY I LIVE IN

THE ENVIRONMENT

THE LIFESTYLE

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23. GlossaryAccelerators Accelerators advance the growth of existing companies with an idea and business model in place. These

programmes build upon the start-ups’ foundations to catapult them forward to investors and key influencers

Afforestation The establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no previous tree cover

Awa Māori word for a river, stream, creek or gully

Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

The process to remove carbon dioxide from waste gases produced in large-scale industrial processes and store it underground

Co-design An approach to design that is focused on processes and procedures, and is inclusive of all stakeholders in the design process

Collective impact The commitment of a group of people from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific problem, using a structured form of collaboration

Co-working A collaborative and flexible work style where a shared workplace is used. Unlike in a typical office, those co-working are usually not employed by the same organisation

Deep partnership Forming a trusted reliance with skilled and committed people to create a connected working relationship

Diversify To increase the variety; to create different forms

Thank you again to everyone involved and do not forget to give your feedback…This Roadmap process has been a significant undertaking and would not have been possible without the support of the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment. We would also like to acknowledge the Provincial Growth Fund, the New Plymouth District Council, the South Taranaki District Council, and the TSB Community Trust for their financial and resource support.

Thank you to all the companies and organisations who donated prizes to the youth creative challenge. This includes the Taranaki Regional Council, Pūrangi Kiwi Taranaki, Todd Energy, Fonterra, Port Taranaki, Cycle Inn, MegaBounce, the Devon Hotel, Chaddy’s Charters, the Slumber Club, Urban Earthworks, and Climate Justice Taranaki.

We would also like to thank the Taranaki 2050 Lead Group, and their organisations for supporting their involvement. The organisations included: Ballance, E tū, Engineering Taranaki Consortium, Federated Farmers, Fonterra, Just Transitions Unit MBIE, New Plymouth District Council, Ngāti Ruanui, Port Taranaki, South Taranaki District Council, Stratford District Council, Sustainable Taranaki, Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, Taranaki Futures, Taranaki Iwi, Taranaki Regional Council, Te Atiawa, Todd Energy, TSB Community Trust, Velocite, Venture Taranaki Trust, and Western Institute of

Technology at Taranaki. Sustainable Taranaki also helped organise the community workshops.

As a final acknowledgement, the Taranaki 2050 team would again like to thank everyone who has been part of the process. This draft Roadmap would not exist without your contribution. Many people gave up significant hours to participate in workshops, with a number attending multiple sessions across different topics.

The team has been overwhelmed with people’s passion and commitment to this region. It is clear there is an excitement and energy to achieve our vision for Taranaki 2050.

22.1 Reminder to give your feedback As already mentioned, this draft Roadmap is the first step in an iterative co-design process. We want to know what you think.

Please provide your thoughts and feedback by 14 June 2019. You can provide this in a number of ways:

• use the interactive tool on the picture of the draft Roadmap at www.taranaki2050.org.nz;

• email [email protected]; or

• write to Taranaki 2050, Venture Taranaki, PO Box 670, New Plymouth, 4310.

The Roadmap will be finalised in July 2019, and a programme of work will then be developed.

22. Acknowledgements

1. Context ................................................................1

2. Our vision for 2050: a low-emissions economy like no other ........................................... 2

3. Next steps ........................................................... 4

4. The powerful process of co-design.......................... 5

5. Significant trends expected to impact the future ...... 8

6. How the change will impact on different parts of the region ........................................................ 8

7. The 12 transition topics ......................................... 9

8. Energy ................................................................10

9. Food and Fibre .................................................... 12

10. Tourism ..............................................................14

11. Māori Economy ....................................................16

Contents12. People and Talent ................................................18

13. Innovation and Research & Development (R&D) ...... 20

14. Infrastructure and Transport .................................22

15. Health and Well-being ........................................ 24

16. Arts .................................................................. 26

17. Environmental Sciences ...................................... 28

18. Regulatory ......................................................... 30

19. Metrics & Evaluation ............................................32

20. Youth workshop and creative challenge................. 34

21. Community workshop and survey ......................... 38

22. Acknowledgements ............................................ 40

23. Glossary ............................................................ 40

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Venture Taranaki, its employees or stakeholders, nor any contributing organisations or individuals accepts any responsibility on any grounds whatsoever, including negligence, to any other person. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information and opinions in this report are accurate and reliable, Venture Taranaki or individuals shall not be liable for any adverse consequences of decisions made in reliance of any report provided by this organisation.


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Drivers A factor that initiates or supports an event to happen or develop

Emerging pathway A newly formed or prominent course of direction

E-vehicles An electric vehicle – uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion

Greenhouse gas emissions

Gases that absorb heat from Earth’s surface, warming the atmosphere and changing our climate. The primary greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone

Hero product A flagship tourism offering that a region becomes well known for and people travel to, as it can’t be experienced elsewhere.

Higher education Education at tertiary institutions or similar educational establishments, especially to degree level

Incubators Incubators support start-ups entering the beginning stages of building their company. The start-ups possess an idea to bring to the marketplace, but no business model and direction to transition from innovative idea to reality

Kaimoana Māori word for seafood or shellfish

Kaitiakitanga Māori word meaning guardianship

Manaakitanga Māori word for showing respect, generosity and care for others

Māori Economy In Taranaki 2050, this term has been used broadly to include ways to support Māori and iwi participation in the economy

Mātauranga Māori Māori word for the body of knowledge originating from Māori ancestors, including the Māori world view and perspectives, Māori creativity and cultural practices

New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS)

New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme requiring all sectors (excluding agriculture) to purchase and surrender emissions units (called New Zealand Units) in order to emit greenhouse gases

Papakāinga The Māori word for the original home, village, or communal Māori land

Pilot farm Where a new industrial or agricultural idea or venture is trialled on the land

Principles Fundamental values that serve as the foundation for a system of belief and help determine the rightfulness or wrongfulness of actions

Pūtea The Māori word for fund or finance

Roadmap A strategic, long-range plan intended to achieve a goal or desired outcome through setting guidelines and standards, and includes the major steps or milestones needed to reach it

Rohe The Māori word for a territory or area of interest

Rongoā Traditional Māori medicine

Taiao The Māori word for world, Earth, natural world, environment, nature, or country

Taonga Māori cultural treasures

Te whare tapa whā A Māori philosophy toward health, based on a holistic health and wellness model

The Paris Agreement The most recent global climate change agreement, signed by 195 parties. The agreement sets out a goal of limiting temperature rise to 2°C (with a second target of 1.5°C), through reaching net-zero emissions in the second half of this century

The region (boundary)

The region of Taranaki, consisting of the areas of New Plymouth District Council, Stratford District Council and South Taranaki District Council

Tikanga The Māori word for correct procedure or protocol

Values Important ideals or beliefs held by a person or group of people that help determine what is desirable or undesirable

Vision To plan or visualise for the future

Vocational education and training

Qualifications that have been developed with the specific goal of preparing students with skills for work, with a more practical focus

Whānau The Māori word for extended family grouping

Whenua The Māori word for land

Workshops A meeting of a group of people for the purpose of discussion or practical work on a specific subject in which the group share their knowledge or experience

OUR JUST TRANSITION TO A LOW-EMISSIONS ECONOMY

TARANAKI 2050DRAFT ROADMAP

MAY 2019

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